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Jul 27 , 2025

Gender-Blind Fiscal System Overburdens Women: Study Finds

A groundbreaking study has uncovered deeply entrenched gender disparities in the tax system, revealing how ostensibly neutral fiscal policies disproportionately burden women. Contrary to the common...

Jul 26 , 2025

Addis Abeba Businesses Face Mandatory Health Insurance Fee Stirring Dissent

The Addis Abeba City Administration has mandated all businesses to contribute to the Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme as a precondition for accessing essential government services, inclu...

Jul 26 , 2025

Elite School in 129m Br Tax Crosshairs

A simmering tax dispute between federal tax authorities and Sandford International School (SIS) is threatening to escalate into a courtroom confrontation, putting the status of nonprofit education und...

Jul 19 , 2025

Startup Law Promises Change But Faces Trust Deficit

Federal lawmakers have finally passed the long-anticipated startup law, setting the stage for what many in the sector hope is a transformative shift in the country's technology and innovation ecosyste...

Jul 19 , 2025

Feds Crack Down on Parallel Market with Tougher Fuel Enforcement

An aggressive push by federal authorities to digitise fuel sales has ignited a market-wide reckoning, exposing deep-rooted illicit trade and the limits of digital transformation in a country still str...

Jul 19 , 2025

Hailu Shawel's Sons Rekindle Bitter Feud Over Father's Assets

A new lawsuit filed by Hailu Shawel's, once a towering figure in both engineering and opposition politics, third son, has intensified a years-long inheritance dispute. Allegations of asset mismanageme...

Jul 19 , 2025

Supreme Court Sets Bold Course Toward Digital Justice

The Federal Supreme Court has unveiled a sweeping plan to digitise the judicial system, marking one of the most ambitious overhauls in its modern history. Branded as “eCourt Ethiopia,” the init...

Jul 19 , 2025

Nib Bank Sues Former Directors, Executives

In an unprecedented legal manoeuvre, the management of Nib International Bank (NIB) has filed a sweeping civil lawsuit against 30 of its former board members, senior executives, and audit officials. ...

Jul 19 , 2025

WHEN FAIRNESS COSTS THE SALARIED MORE

In the quiet drizzle over Addis Abeba's streets, tax reform is no longer mere policy. It walks, waits in line, and tightens its belt. Roughly 6.9 million salaried workers across the country, accountin...

Jul 13 , 2025

Revenues Bureau Targets Landlords in Revenue Push

The Addis Abeba City Revenue Bureau has introduced a new directive set to reshape how half a million property owners report and pay taxes. In a sweeping overhaul of its rental taxation regime, and...

Jul 13 , 2025

Addis Ababa Goes It Alone with Record Budget

Addis Abeba has approved a record 350 billion Br budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year, the first in the capital's history to run entirely without federal transfers. Marking a 45.1pc increase over the...

Jul 13 , 2025

VAT Relief Sprouts in Addis, But Roots of Inequality Run Deep

The Addis Abeba Revenue Bureau has scrapped a value-added tax (VAT) on unprocessed vegetables such as onions, potatoes, and their raw cousins, marking a policy shift that could ease household food bil...

Jul 13 , 2025

Parliament Draws Dividend Dispute to a Close

Federal lawmakers have finally brought closure to a protracted and contentious tax debate that has haunted financial institutions for over a year. In a move widely welcomed by banks and insurers, b...

Jul 13 , 2025

Trio Courts Global Cargo Trade with Ambitious Transit Corridor

A multimodal logistics corridor linking Ethiopia, Djibouti, and China aspires to reposition Addis Abeba as a new fulcrum in Africa's freight sector. Backed by an unlikely but potent partnership, th...

Jul 13 , 2025

RINGING IN REFORM

A historic chapter in the domestic financial sector evolution was scripted last week as senior federal government officials convened to formally inaugurate the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX). Gov...

Jul 6 , 2025

Unity at the Budget Vote Tensions at Question Time

The federal legislature gave Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) what he wanted: a 1.9 trillion Br budget passed unanimously and without dissent. But what looked like a choreographed display of parliam...

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Commentaries | Oct 04,2025

Central Bank Loosens Credit Reins But Stops Short of Bold Overhaul

Eyob Tekalegn (PhD) had been in the Governor's chair for only weeks when, on September 29...

Editorial | Oct 4 , 2025

TRADITION THRIVES AS COSTS CLIMB

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba last week, the city's arteries pulsed not with the usual we...

Featured | Oct 5 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

Textbook Shortages Mount as School Year Advances

The school year in Addis Abeba began almost a month ago, yet across the capital, thousands...

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Mesfin Rebrands to Overcome Wartime Shadow

In Meqelle, a name long associated with industrial grit and regional pride is undergoing a...

Fortune News | Oct 5 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE